PsychoseNet.be

What PsychoseNet.be does

PsychoseNet.be is a Belgian non-profit foundation (Stichting PsychoseNet) that operates a Dutch-language eCommunity platform focused on psychosis sensitivity, mood disorders, and recovery, primarily serving users in Flanders, Belgium. The platform addresses individuals with psychosis sensitivity, family members and loved ones, healthcare professionals, and youth, combining informational content (blogs, podcasts including 'Stemmen over Psychose' and 'De Froyen Frequentie', videos, animations) with interactive tools and an anonymous online consultation service (eSpreekuur) that fields questions to a panel of more than 12 credentialed experts including psychiatrists, psychologists, experiential experts, family therapists, and a conceptual artist.

The platform is built on WordPress and is structured around several core product surfaces: an information library covering psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, medication, and stigma; the Sociale Kaart (Social Map) directory mapping care offerings across Flanders; the Crisiskaart (Crisis Card) advance-directive tool for crisis planning; recovery self-assessment questionnaires including the 'Vragenlijst Opvattingen over Stemmen'; and an Antipsychotics Comparison Tool. Research collaboration with Universiteit Gent (Professor Stijn Vanheule) and KU Leuven produced the 'Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg' (Blueprint for Recovery-Supportive Psychosis Care), a 13-principle framework that underpins a paid training and consulting offering (Vormingsaanbod) for mental health organizations.

The business model is non-transactional for end users: all core platform features are free, with revenue generated through donations, sponsorship from the Cortina-group (which funds both initial establishment and the Cortina Safety Joggers Leerstoel research chair), and professional services including team guidance and 'Blauwdruk' implementation consulting at market-conforming rates. The organization employs approximately 5 people, is funded without disclosed venture or institutional investment, and operates as a member of broader coalitions including the Staten-Generaal Geestelijke Gezondheid (40+ organizations) and the Zorgcircuit Psychose Noord-West-Vlaanderen care network.

Name

PsychoseNet.be

Legal name

Stichting PsychoseNet

Website

https://psychosenet.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PsychoseNet.be (Stichting PsychoseNet) is a Belgian non-profit Dutch-language eCommunity platform serving people with psychosis sensitivity, family members, professionals, and youth in Flanders through free content, an anonymous expert consultation service (eSpreekuur), interactive recovery tools, and research-based training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Information and Support Services

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

General Mental Health Therapy Platforms (Talk Therapy) (HLALAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Psychiatry & Medication Management Platforms (HLALAEAB)

Keywords

• Mental health information
• Psychosis support services
• Recovery-oriented care
• Online e-consultation
• Peer support community

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Support: The platform operates as Stichting PsychoseNet and accepts donations through a donation module on the site. The website was established with support from the Social and Mental Health Care Committee of the Cortina-group. The platform also develops training packages (vormingspakket) for organizations at market-conforming rates.
2. Training and Consulting Services: PsychoseNet Belgium provides consulting and team guidance services, offering implementation of the 'Blueprint for Recovery-Supportive Psychosis Care' (Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg). Organizations can engage a PsychoseNet Belgium consultant at market-conforming rates to map their specific needs and evolve toward recovery-supportive psychosis care.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

PsychoseNet.be operates a free web-based eCommunity platform providing information, anonymous online expert consultation (eSpreekuur), interactive recovery tools, and a directory of mental health services for individuals with psychosis sensitivity, family members, and professionals in Belgium/Flanders. The organization also delivers paid training and consulting services to mental health organizations based on the Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg framework.

Product overview

PsychoseNet.be is an open, multi-expert eCommunity platform providing comprehensive information and support about psychosis sensitivity, mood disorders, and recovery. The platform offers a unified ecosystem of interconnected services including an e-consultation service (eSpreekuur) where users can ask anonymous questions to expert panels, blog content for sharing experiences, podcasts including 'Stemmen over Psychose' and 'De Froyen Frequentie', video animations and expert interviews, and the Sociale Kaart directory for finding care providers. Core tools include self-assessment questionnaires like the 'Vragenlijst Opvattingen over Stemmen', a Crisiskaart advance directive tool, and an Antipsychotic Comparison tool. The platform also conducts research through its 'Blauwdruk Psychosezorg' initiative developed with University of Ghent, offering 13 principles for recovery-oriented care along with associated training programs and consulting services for mental health organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• eSpreekuur (e-consultation service) Anonymous online consultation service where users submit questions about psychosis, medication, recovery, and related topics to a panel of experts including psychiatrists, experiential experts, and psychologists. Free for users to access.
• Training Programs (Vormingsaanbod) Paid educational and training programs for mental health organizations, including the 'Vorming Herstelondersteunende GGZ' (Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Care Training) and process guidance to help organizations implement recovery-oriented practices. Offered at market-conforming rates.
• Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg (Blueprint for Recovery-Supportive Psychosis Care) consulting Professional consulting service helping mental health organizations implement the research-based Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg framework, which contains 13 principles for recovery-oriented psychosis care. Engagements occur at market-conforming rates.
• Sociale Kaart (Social Map) Interactive directory mapping mental health care providers, recovery-focused initiatives, self-help groups, and support organizations across Belgium, allowing users to search and locate local resources. Free for users to access.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 people waiting for mental health care in Flanders were counted during campaign activities
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universiteit Gent (UGent)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPsychologists at Universiteit Gent, led by Professor Stijn Vanheule, conducted scientific research on good psychosis care in collaboration with vzw PsychoseNet Belgium. This research led to the 'Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg' (Blueprint for Recovery-Supportive Psychosis Care).
• KU LeuvencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKU Leuven is a research partner in the Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg project. The university provides academic expertise and research capabilities for studying psychosis care quality.
• Maastricht University (UMaastricht)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaastricht University is a partner in the Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg project, contributing to the research consortium on good psychosis care.
• FamilieplatformcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamilieplatform is a partner in the Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg project, representing family perspectives in the research on good psychosis care.
• ISPS (International Society for Psychological and Social approaches to Psychoses)minorOthersISPS is a befriended organization of PsychoseNet. It is an international organization advocating for humane, de-stigmatizing care for psychosis with strong emphasis on psychosocial approaches and trialogue between professionals, people with psychosis experience, and family members.
• Staten-Generaal Geestelijke GezondheidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPsychoseNet participates in the Staten-Generaal Geestelijke Gezondheid, a coalition of over 40 organizations working together for better mental health policy in Belgium. The coalition addresses issues including long waiting times in mental health care.
• Zorgcircuit Psychose Noord-West-VlaanderenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThis network of organizations working with psychosis-sensitive individuals initiated the praatcafé De Stem in Oostkamp, a collaboration supported by PsychoseNet.
• Stichting WeerklankminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStichting Weerklank publishes De Klankspiegel magazine, which PsychoseNet promotes. The magazine focuses on experiential knowledge about hearing voices and provides recovery stories.
• vzw OGGPA AntwerpenminorOthersvzw OGGPA Antwerpen employs experiential workers (ervaringswerkers) who contribute to PsychoseNet content and represent the experiential expertise perspective.
• Te Gek!?minorOthersTe Gek!? is a befriended organization that PsychoseNet references and collaborates with, particularly on stigma-breaking initiatives.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mind (UK): Large UK mental health charity combining information, community support, advocacy, and local services. Comparable as an established multi-stakeholder information-and-advocacy platform for mental health, though Mind operates at much larger scale and broader scope than PsychoseNet's psychosis focus.
• Trimbos-instituut: Dutch national knowledge centre for mental health, producing research, public information, and prevention programs. Comparable as a Netherlands-language mental health information and research entity, though Trimbos operates as a funded public institute rather than a non-profit foundation.
• Mental Health America: US-based community-focused mental health nonprofit providing screening tools, information, and advocacy. Comparable in combining free self-assessment tools, information content, and a non-clinical community model, though at substantially larger national scale.

Direct peers

• Intervoice: International Hearing Voices Network founded on similar principles of experiential expertise and dialogue between voice hearers, families, and professionals. Directly comparable in mission and trialogue model, even though PsychoseNet is regionally focused on Flanders.
• Stichting Labyrint-In Perspectief: Dutch e-community for people with personality disorders and their families, with a comparable structure of information, peer stories, and expert involvement. Closely mirrors PsychoseNet's e-community, multi-stakeholder approach but in an adjacent diagnostic category.
• Hearing Voices Network: International peer-support network for voice hearers, sharing PsychoseNet's emphasis on lived experience and non-pathologizing framing. Comparable in combining personal recovery content, support groups, and education, though operating at international rather than regional scale.
• Stichting Weerklank: Dutch foundation publishing De Klankspiegel magazine for voice hearers, with an explicit experiential-expertise focus. PsychoseNet actively promotes Klankspiegel and shares overlapping content around hearing voices, making it the closest thematic and linguistic peer.
• Stichting AnOIKSIS: Dutch foundation for people with psychotic vulnerability and their families, providing information, peer contact, and advocacy. Direct thematic peer to PsychoseNet in psychosis, operating with a similar Dutch-language information and community model.

Emerging players

• 7 Cups: Global online peer-support community offering free listener chat and community forums for mental health. Comparable as a digital, free-to-user peer-support community, though 7 Cups operates at global scale with commercial elements rather than as a regional non-profit.
• Phrenos: Dutch expertise centre for severe mental illness, focused on recovery-oriented care research and implementation. Highly comparable because PsychoseNet's Blauwdruk goede psychosezorg sits in the same recovery-care paradigm Phrenos advances; a potential partner or peer in scaling recovery frameworks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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